Future looks bright

Michael Raciti

Thursday

May 31, 2007 at 12:01 AMMay 31, 2007 at 10:02 PM

The Silver Lake girls tennis team finished a respectable 6-12 overall, 4-8 in the Patriot League on the season.Playing in the strong Patriot League means the schedule lists Duxbury, Hingham and Scituate each twice, all very strong tennis programs. The Lakers suffered a surprise loss to Rockland, which coach Terri Baker says is a much-improved squad.

The Silver Lake girls tennis team finished a respectable 6-12 overall, 4-8 in the Patriot League on the season.Playing in the strong Patriot League means the schedule lists Duxbury, Hingham and Scituate each twice, all very strong tennis programs. The Lakers suffered a surprise loss to Rockland, which coach Terri Baker says is a much-improved squad. The Rockland loss was called early for safety precautions because of wet conditions, but the team had just lost the third point in a three set match at second singles, a game that may have been winnable. The Lakers beat the teams listed only once on their schedules, including wins against Randolph, Middleboro, and Hanover, the Fisher League champions last year. In a match-up with an undefeated Hingham team, Silver Lake’s third singles player, senior Aida Margolin was just two points away from winning the match in a tie breaker, but Hingham came back to pull off the victory.In the Silver Lake against Pembroke rivalry matchup last Wednesday, the second doubles team came away with a two-set win, taking the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6, and the second set 6-4.Second singles junior Emily Warnock won 6-0 and 6-2; the first doubles team of juniors Kellie MacFarlane and Andrea Clawson won 6-4, 6-2; and the second doubles team of senior Emily Felix and sophomore Julie Felts also won their set. Baker is optimistic about the team’s future. “We have some good returning players,” Baker said. “Skill depends on how much they play before the season and if they come back in condition. The sophomores and freshmen are great potential for the future of the girls team.Baker said that many of the girls came into the season with little or no experience, and they have improved drastically by the day. The team is losing five seniors, including Margolin, Felix, Corianne Oliver, Kate Jones and Alicia Govoni, but Baker is confident that next year’s team, which returns eight players, will be a formidable contender. Warnock has one more season ahead of her, and was voted to the Patriot League All-Star. Baker said she has a solid supporting cast consisting of Warnock, Clawson and MacFarlane, who will most likely step into the three singles position next year. The team also returns junior Amy Richards, sophomore Julie Felts and freshmen Sarah Williams, Jenna Pitts and Emily Schiarizzi.